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weapon with which the Prince Imperial was killed." It looked 

 rather incongruous to see " this gentleman " reading the Boston 

 Globe. 



A few native Indians were also seen upon two 

 separate occasions : 



On Monday I saw some noble red men of the forest. Fact. 

 They were the genuine article, gorgeous in scarlet blanket, deer-skin 

 robes, leather leggings, moccassins, and any amount of ermine, 

 eagle-feathers, bear-claws, &c. There were about twelve men and 

 four women, and their presence in a railway-car was incongruity 

 itself; of which they were serenely unconscious. They stalked 

 along the platform after someone who was acting as guide. Then, 

 at a distance of some six or seven paces, came the women. Their 

 object, I believe, was to pay their respects to the newly-elected 

 Governor of the State at the State House. . . . 



I saw more red men at a station. They were not gorgeous, and 

 they wore boots, which scarcely harmonised with feather plumes on 

 the head. I think that they were some of the Gay Head Indians, 

 who behaved so well at the wreck of the City of Columbus. 



On the 29th of January the first of a further course 

 of six lectures was given at Boston ; this time at the 

 Chickering Hall. " Ant Life," in two parts, was fol- 

 lowed by " Pond Life," also in two parts ; then came 

 the famous " Horse " lecture ; and, last of all, " The 

 Great Sea Serpent." 



This last was quite a new lecture, and was the out- 

 come of careful investigations made during the first 

 part of this same American visit. But for many years 

 my father had been a qualified believer in the sea 

 serpent. He did not hold that a serpent of gigantic 

 dimensions was roaming the seas, to be caught sight of 

 now and then in widely distant parts of the globe. 



